Social Media Networks

by on December 23, 2021 at 12:01 am
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We all know that the social media networks have changed the world as we know it. I grew up before they existed, and remember how much they changed everything. We could call anybody we knew the numbers of back then, but finding a number meant thumbing through phone books. Then MySpace came onto the Internet and for the first time any one person could easily find and talk to anyone on the other side of the world. Find old friends. Facebook surpassed it years later, and other social networks have risen in the last decade. MeWe. YouTube. Gab. Instagram. Parler. Twitter. Any one of us can get our message to anyone throughout the world. That is a fundamental change in the nature of human life in the last twenty years. My question of you is, what networks do you frequent and how good do you think they are? I would eagerly like to know.

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MeWe and Parler

by on December 22, 2021 at 12:01 am
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I’ve been a member of both MeWe and Parler since well before Google, Apple, and Amazon cooperated to drive Parler from the Internet. No, I’ve never been part of Gab, and though I do have a Twitter handle, I can’t communicate in so few characters so don’t use it. I’m looking for other ways to spread the signal as other social media platforms become less reliable. Parler is significantly quieter than it was before the great takedown, but I’m giving it a chance to recover to old activity levels. MeWe continues as it always did. Lively, sometimes good, sometimes bad, and sometimes a bit crass. I post at mewe dot com/i/medronpryde and at parler dot com/user/Medron and invite any of you to follow me there if you wish. I like friending people and actually being able to see their posts, doncha know?

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Substack

by on December 21, 2021 at 12:01 am
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I’ve recently started a substack account in a way to spread the signal a bit. It allows a more long-form distribution of ideas, and I’m using it now to post some of my collections of Jack of Harts history. I will also post some art and jazz there, and it will generally act as another place you can see Jack of Harts on the Internet. I’ve also started a personal substack for non-Jack of Harts content. Movie reviews once I get back to them and stuff like that. Haven’t really gone to the movies since before the pandemic and my mom’s battle with cancer began you understand, but I have some movies clambering for my attention that I should start watching and talking about once more. You can find them at jackofharts dot substack dot com and pryderock dot substack dot com. You can subscribe to get my updates sent directly to your e-mail boxes. Hope to see you out there on the networks.

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Cancer

by on December 20, 2021 at 12:01 am
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My mom has been fighting cancer for the last year. First a blood cancer and then her skin cancer came back and spread throughout her body. The blood cancer is gone, so she’s been on new cancer drugs to fight the skin cancer for the last two months. Her pain levels have dropped enough in the last few weeks that she weaned herself off Morphine and then Tylenol with no ill effects. This week we found out that the new cancer drugs have it in full retreat across the board. There are still specs of it there, but the vast majority of the cancer has been wiped out. In addition to that, mom walked out to the car this week for the first time in over two months. And she successfully walked up and down stairs under the close supervision of a physical therapist as well. He had to help her stand up a month ago. She is doing better every week. This is very good news.

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The New England Federation

by on December 19, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The New England Federation advertises itself as A Better America for Better Americans, and part of that is guaranteeing their citizens safety and security anywhere on Earth and beyond. Whether they come from Earth or one of the colony worlds, are a member of the Great Families, or a lower class gardener, all they need to do is show their citizenship when difficult situations arise. It is not a blank check to get whatever they want, but waving that gold card gains them safe passage to any Federation consulate. The Federation assures this good treatment by being perfectly willing to send in the Marines whenever a citizen is detained by anyone. Government or private, it does not matter, the Marines will come. And if the citizen is harmed, the Marines will deal with the issue in proper Marine fashion. Breaking things and taking names if the Federation is feeling generous.

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